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Shopping for LED Light Bulbs + Win a $50 The Home Depot GC!

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I asked you all last week what your favorite benefit of LED light bulbs is, and I think it’s pretty safe to say that the longevity of them came in first. But the facts that they’re mercury-free, glass-free, don’t give off heat, and use far less electricity were all mentioned repeatedly as well. And check out those savings pictured above!

These were all benefits that I was also excited about, so I was really looking forward to shopping at The Home Depot to check out the selection and learn more from an expert. They provided me with some tips to review before we went shopping.

Shopping for LED light bulbs:

  • Identify Your Fixture Type: With so many bulbs to choose from, it’s important to educate yourself about your fixture and lighting needs before you make a purchase. Light fixtures can dramatically alter the look of a room, so be aware of where shadows will fall and how that will affect the atmosphere. To ensure safety, and the maximum life of your bulb, review the information on the package to be sure you have selected the correct bulb shape for your light fixture.
  • Choose Your Desired Brightness: Watts, a measurement of power, is a common way traditional light bulbs are identified (ex: 60-watt, 75-watt and 100-watt bulbs). Since CFL and LED bulbs use less energy than traditional bulbs, be sure to look at the measurement of light output, known as lumens, instead of watts to select the right bulb.
  • Understanding Color Temperature and Intensity: When selecting an LED light, choose a color of light that suits the mood and activity taking place in your room.

With these tips in mind, we made a quick tour of our downstairs fixtures to assess our lighting needs and then headed out to The Home Depot. Upon our arrival we first had to grab one of the infamous Home Depot race car carts of course…

And then we were met by EJ, our local Home Depot Master Trade Specialist. He was extremely knowledgeable about the LED light bulbs and also shared a number of other tips for decreasing the energy consumption in our home. I never knew there was such a thing as a water heater timer! Definitely something we need to check out further.

I was impressed at the large selection of light bulbs carried by our local store. We have a few fixtures that call for some unusual sized bulbs, but The Home Depot has an even larger selection of LED light bulbs online.

EJ made finding the LED light bulbs we needed a snap, and we filled our cart and checked out in record time. The real challenge was prying the kiddos our of their hot rod to head home.

Next week I’ll share the installation process and hopefully whether we’ve been able to see any savings on our electric bill. But in the meantime, you can win a $50 gift card to The Home Depot!

To enter: Just leave a comment! Do you have any lighting fixtures that call for an unusual size light bulb or wattage? If so, were you able to find a suitable LED light bulb on HomeDepot.com?

This giveaway will close at noon EST on 1/21/11.

The Home Depot works with bloggers such as myself to conduct product reviews. They do not tell bloggers what to say about their products or how to say it. THD fundamentally believes that people should be free to form their own opinions and share them in their own words. The Home Depot often provides product – free of charge – to bloggers for review as they did for this post. The Home Depot’s policies align with WOMMA Ethics Code, FTC guidelines and social media engagement recommendations.

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Comments

    • Rebecca Butler

      LED’s have come along way! Even for your outdoor landscape lighting. Check out your local landscape lighting installation companies for all of your options. New options are constantly becoming available.
      Rebecca Butler

  2. JULIE JENKINS

    I am always buying my flood lights and the front ones and back ones are not the same..uurrgg I buy the wrong ones all the time!!

  3. sathiya

    LED lights: WE boughta few ones for our chandeliers and they were little bitty in size but costed a fortune

  4. Jenn

    I hope they make LED for recessed lighting. We need like 4 new bulbs. I’d love if they would last longer.

  8. christina

    we need light bulbs now so next trip to the depot ill check out the LED i didnt realize there were that many varieties

  9. Carla

    I work for a municiple utility and we give these away to customers sometimes. They are a great energy saver!

  11. Silvia

    I can’t find the right size LED’s for my kids room fan. I can find them for everything else. I find them to be a little “spooky” in their lighting, though.

  14. Sara L.

    Our bedroom fixture takes an odd bulb, and Home Depot is the only place that we have found that has the bulbs! Our local HD rocks!!!

  15. Kristi pulvermacher

    We have had a really hard time finding LED bulbs for our fans. They need to be small enought to fit in the glass dome and dimmable for fan lights. We have taken a number back that just have not worked for us. We will keep trying though. One Home Depot told us to hit hte one on the other side of town because they had a better selection. Have not gotten there yet but need to!

  16. Katie

    I too love these light bulbs and we found that when we went to home depot to get them they were so helpful! I just brought the old lightbulbs in to match the new ones (correct kind). We went to Lowes and the man there didn’t know two beans about them and was no help to us at all. We haven’t yet switched over to all these kind yet-they are kind of pricey, but with a giftcard we could do all of them and more!

  17. Ashley Lane

    We’ve been wanting to switch to LED but just hadn’t had the money to buy all new ones. A gift card would help alot!!

  20. Jessica Campbell

    I have 6 ceiling fans (from Home Depot) that have unusual sized LED bulbs. We can only get them from Home Depot!

  23. Nikki P

    When we moved into our new house all the lights in it were CFL. We are just now starting to replace the ones that are used most in our house, and I am definitely looking into these LED light bulbs. We also replaced our Christmas lights for the house this year with LED icicle lights.

  24. Barb

    The light fixture in my office needs a short LED bulb to work. The LED’s I tried were too tall & I removed them after one day!

  26. Lisa Carter

    LED lights are so much brighter and more efficient. It’s no wonder they are being used in TV’s now.

    Anyway it just so happened that we needed to replace our worn out floodlights. It’s amazing the difference as I leave my driveway in the early morning. Of course the Home Depot staff was very knowledgeable and they had the item we wanted, so that made the experience even more pleasant.

  27. Jennifer Gallaugher

    I’ve been shopping at the Home Depot for years and have yet to come across a funky sized bulb they did not have…and their website offers even greater selection than their stores! Since switching to energy effiecient bulbs a few years ago, I’ve always been able to find what I need there.

  29. Kerri

    I just shopped for new lighting for my kitchen last night, and it was at Home Depot in Westerville! We are replacing four old, ugly fluorescent dinosaurs and two ancient canned recessed lights that use spotlights with brand, new recessed and pendant lights that all take LED bulbs. We have been replacing every light bulb in our house and camper with LED lights.